International Women’s Day 2018: women in media and ICT

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For this year's International Women's Day the European Parliament is stressing the importance of the role women play in media and ICT.

The media and information and communication technology (ICT) sectors are among the most competitive and influential industries in the EU and further afield. It is therefore very important that women are as equally represented as men in these sectors. Parliament is of the view that more incentives are needed to get women into higher positions in the world of media and to encourage young girls to choose ICT as a career path.

Women in the digital age

To raise awareness of these issues, for International Women’s Day 2018 Parliament’s gender equality committee is organising an inter-parliamentary meeting where particular emphasis will be placed on the following issues:

Women shaping media

Empowering women and girls through digital inclusion

Women’s movements on the rise: advancing equality in the digital age.

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, chair of Parliament’s gender equality committee, and Věra Jourová, the EU commissioner for gender equality, will both be in attendance. Other keynote speakers include movie director Sarah Gavron and MadwomenFest founder Pilar Jurado. You can follow the debate online on 8 March from 09.00 CET.

On 7 March, Parliament organises a seminar for journalists where speakers will include members of the gender equality committee as well as external experts including Saskia Van Uffelen (CEO of Ericsson Belux, Belgium) and Inge Bell (deputy CEO of Terre des Femmes, Germany). Journalists Marta Garcia-Aller and Hadjar Benmiloud will also be in attendance along with actress Asia Argento who spoke out about an alleged sexual assault at the hands of Harvey Weinstein. You can follow the seminar online on 7 March from 09.30 CET.